ALAT Chapter 10 Practice Test with Complete Solutions
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. It's OK to play music in a mouse room when you're changing cages.
b. Cage changes of socialized cats and dogs should include gentle play.
c. Each animal cage should be cleaned and sanitized every day.
d. You may turn on the light in an animal room after it has entered the dark cycle ✔✔b. Cage
changes of socialized cats and dogs should include gentle play.
Animal census refers to:
a. the number of individual animals or cages per investigator per room.
b. the number of each species of animal in the facility.
c. the cost of supplying care to the animals.
d. the number of animals found dead each month. ✔✔a. The number of individual animals or
cages
per investigator per room.
What should you do if you find that the temperature in a room has fallen below the accepted
range?
a. Notify the environmental health and safety department.
b. Notify your supervisor.
, c. Notify the IACUC Chair.
d. Write the temperature that it should be on the room check sheet. ✔✔b. Notify your
supervisor
If rodent cages have water bottles, how often should they be replaced with new ones?
a. Once per week
b. Once per month
c. When they become visibly soiled
d. During each cage change ✔✔d. During each cage change
Which of the following would be an emergency situation?
a. A water bottle that leaked and soaked a mouse cage
b. An escaped nonhuman primate
c. A missing cage card
d. A dead rat found in a cage ✔✔b. An escaped nonhuman primate
Which of the following is NOT an emergency situation?
a. A dog with a new fight wound
b. A nonhuman primate that has its finger stuck in the cage door
c. A sink near an animal room that is gushing water onto the floor
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